Exam 17: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

A client is in therapy for treatment of depression. Which client-factor is NOT a determinant of the outcome of therapy?

Tomas Furmark and his colleagues (2002) conducted a study examining the brain functioning of people receiving treatment for social phobia. Which of the following statements best summarizes their results?

In review studies making use of the meta-analysis technique, as a measure of treatment effectiveness, it is common for researchers to calculate the __________________ statistic.

A doctor is a mental health practitioner. Over the years, the doctor has been admitting fewer clients to mental institutions; instead, the doctor recommends they attend community-based treatment initiatives. This approach is known as ___________.

The famous Smith and Glass (1977) meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcomes revealed that the average person who received psychotherapy was better off than ____________ of untreated individuals.

When Josh brings home a report card with a failing grade in French, he is very sad. According to rational-emotive therapy, the failing grade is the _______________ of the sadness.

Takeshi is seeing Dr. Shakar to help her deal with her social phobia. Early in treatment, they built a list of 15 steps beginning with low-anxiety scenarios and ending with high-anxiety scenarios. Over time, they have conquered many of the situations on the list, and it is time for Takeshi to try staying relaxed while walking down a busy street. The list of scenarios is called

If a therapist treated child molesters by shocking them while they viewed slides of children, the therapist would be using ________.

You take on a new patient and all you know about this person is that they have received treatment using virtual reality in the past. Most likely, this patient is suffering from

Virtual reality technology would most likely be used in the treatment of which of the following disorders?

Which of the following mental-health professionals receives his or her training in medical school?

A client has been anxious for many years and their doctor recently prescribed Valium, an anti-anxiety drug. The client should be wary of side effects such as _________________ while taking the drug.

What has research found comparing drug to psychological treatments for the treatment of depression? Include in your answer an evaluation of the quality of the research study that was described.

A lobotomy and a cingulotomy are both particular types of

In terms of the factors affecting the outcome of therapy, client self-relatedness refers to

In an attempt to provide a more normal life for patients who are capable of living independently or with family, Dr. Nantan advocated ___________; however, over the years he has seen that most communities are unprepared to care for these people, leaving them homeless and destitute and often in need of repeated hospitalizations, a phenomenon referred to as ______________.

Exposure therapies have been used effectively to treat agoraphobics by

A person receives a drug that blocks the activity of dopamine. It is most likely that this drug is a(n) ______________ and that the person being treated has been diagnosed with ______________.

Let's say that you have a strong fear of flying. To treat this fear, your therapist asks you to imagine entering a plane and fly until you are no longer showing anxiety. Your therapist has just used the technique of

A doctor provides psychotherapy and drug therapy to clients. This doctor is a ___________.